Abstract: I don't know what magic Biostar engineers infused into the TPower I45 motherboard to make it an overclocking monster, but reaching +600MHz FSB with this board is a real possibility! 90% Rating:

Motherboard Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark06, SuperPi

3DMark06
is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A
fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and
gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC
performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D
feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0
graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU
tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next
generation gaming performance today.

Futuremark 3DMark
Vantage 1.0.1

Performance Overall: (P)

Points

Ranking

Asrock
Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB)

3848

Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066)

3841

CPU score:

Points

Ranking

Asrock
Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB)

4803

Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066)

4800

3DMark Vantage doesn't show too much of a
difference between each platform... not that 3DMark06 did either. This is a
videocard benchmark, but everyone likes 3DMark numbers so here ya go! Just wait
till PCSTATS benchmarks a few G45 boards with the onboard GPU, then we'll see
interesting numbers here.

3DMark06
is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A
fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and
gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC
performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D
feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0
graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU
tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next
generation gaming performance today.

Futuremark 3DMark06
1.0.2

Overall:

Points

Ranking

Asus P5NT Deluxe
(NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB)

9612

Asrock
Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB)

9838

MSI P6N Diamond
(NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB)

9566

Biostar
TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB)

9365

MSI X48 Platinum
(X48 333/1333)

9775

Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066)

9786

Asus Maximus
Extreme (X38 333/1333)

9360

Foxconn
DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2)

9415

Gigabyte
GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066)

9409

Asus BLITZ
Formula (P35 333/1066)

9385

Foxconn MARS
(P35 333/1066)

9230

MSI P35 Platinum
Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2)

9753

CPU:

Points

Ranking

Asus P5NT Deluxe
(NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB)

2377

Asrock
Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB)

2396

MSI P6N Diamond
(NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB)

2345

Biostar
TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB)

2341

MSI X48 Platinum
(X48 333/1333)

2367

Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066)

2378

Asus Maximus
Extreme (X38 333/1333)

2373

Foxconn
DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2)

2413

Gigabyte
GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066)

2399

Asus BLITZ
Formula (P35 333/1066)

2384

Foxconn MARS
(P35 333/1066)

2344

MSI P35 Platinum
Combo (P35 333/800 DDR2)

2378

3DMark06 results are good and solid for the Biostar TPower
I45 platform.

SuperPI calculates the number PI to 1 Million
digits in this raw number crunching benchmark. The program allows the user to
change the number of digits of PI that can be calculated from 16 thousand to 32
million. Our benchmark is set to 1 Million digits and 19 iterations.

Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS

8 Million Digits:

Seconds

Ranking

Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF
8800GTS 320MB)

237

Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i
333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB)

249

MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF
8800GTS 320MB)

249

Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066
Onboard GF 7150)

262

MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333)

231

Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066)

235

Asus Maximus Extreme (X38
333/1333)

230

Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800
DDR2)

227

Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066)

226

Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066)

226

Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066)

236

MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800
DDR2)

230

16 Million Digits:

Seconds

Ranking

Asrock Penryn1600SLIX3 Wifi (NF 680i
333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB)

550

MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333)

504

Biostar TPower I45 (P45 333/1066)

521

MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/800
DDR2)

517

Lower times are better in SuperPi. A time of 235 seconds for the
Biostar TPower I45 isn't too bad in the 8 million digit test. When taxed with 16
million digits the system comes in middle of the road with a time fo 521
seconds.